Alaska’s environment The Stand for Salmon movement promises “vital infrastructure will still move forward” if the initiative passes. In reality, it would bring a standstill… Continue reading
Nathan Klein has been named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s List at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Nathan is a 2015 JDHS… Continue reading
Thanks again to the continuing generosity of Taku Fisheries, the Juneau Raptor Center’s permanent and rehabilitating eagles will be eating freshly caught, processed and stored… Continue reading
Robin Fiscus AuD, a 1993 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate, and Jesse Espinosa, Esq, were married on July 14, 2018 in Kingston, Washington. They had a… Continue reading
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers LEAP Afterschool program would like to give a sincere and heartfelt thank you to the many people and organizations… Continue reading
The Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for the annual Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards. The Citizen of the… Continue reading
The Southeast Regional Resource Center has been providing adult education services in Juneau for more than 30 years, today through the program called The Learning… Continue reading
On Monday, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly voted to allocate $361,000 for additional ambulance crew. But the Juneau Best Starts child care funding… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
“Should I bring the polar bear pins? Will French people know there aren’t polar bears in Juneau?” In the process of collecting pins, I spread… Continue reading
It is 5:30 a.m. and 11-year-old Jackson and his younger sister, Salome, begin a ten-mile journey through the Kenyan wilderness facing charging elephants and other… Continue reading
Alaskans are blessed with some of the wildest, most biologically prolific forests on the planet. Nowhere else is this more evident than the Tongass rainforest,… Continue reading
The Tulsequah Chief mine has been polluting the Taku Watershed with acid mine drainage (AMD) for over 60 years now. This pollution is in violation… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
The current proposal by the Trump administration, in collaboration with the Walker administration, to permit unethical and unscientific predator control practices on National Park Service… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
As a lifelong Alaskan, commercial and subsistence fisherman, I support Mike Dunleavy as our next governor. Recent statements from critics that Dunleavy is not supportive… Continue reading
Chicken Yard Park in Starr Hill is nearly 100 years old. My grandfather played in it. It was the neighborhood itself that put in the… Continue reading
Construction on North Franklin Street is affecting more than just concrete and asphalt. As a result of the construction, which began Wednesday, Capital Transit bus… Continue reading
As I head into my 30th year as a teacher in the Juneau School District, I have high hopes that Gov. Bill Walker and Lt.… Continue reading
